Arrival
King Ferdinand told Columbus to get ________
Gold
A colony is a place that is far away from the country that _______ it.
Rules, governs
Where was the first Spanish Settlement?
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The first English colony that survived was called Jamestown, because it was named after King _______
James
Native Americans taught the colonists how to grow corn and other crops including tobacco. Then they told the colonists to sell it to _______
England
Columbus landed in what is now Santo Domingo, DR, and thought he was in __________ because he was looking for a trade route to there.
India
The English colonies had their own governors, but the person who they reported to was the ______ of England
king
How much longer after Columbus 'discovered' the Americas was Santo Domingo founded - more than 10 years or less than 10 years?
In 1496, 4 years after the 'discovery'
A company called the ___________ company sent the men to settle the Jamestown colony. That is why the state is called ___________ (same name as the company)
Virginia
The colonists had guns for weapons but the Native Americans had ______ and _______
bows and arrows
The indigenous people of DR are called the _______
Taino
Colonies had places with fences around them where their armies stayed called _______
Spain also had a colony in the city of St. Augustine, which is now in the state of ________
Florida
True or False
Jamestown was governed by 13 men from the colony.
True
The indigenous people of Mexico are called the _____
Aztecs, Mayans, Olmecs, etc.
Columbus was sent on his voyage by King Ferdinand and Queen _________
Isabella
In those days news was spread through________
Newspapers, sermons in churches and letters
All of the Spanish colonies together were called
New Spain
What crop did Native Americans teach the colonists how to grow?
Tobacco
The US has borrowed many things from the Iroquois including a symbol that is on the US _________
money
The Spanish started churches called _________ to convert the Native People's to Christianity.
'
Missions
The main goal of the Virginia colony was to ________
make a profit and find gold
Name 2 states of the southwestern United States that were once colonies of New Spain
California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Colorado and Utah.
Sometimes when the Jamestown colonists were desperate for food they ate dogs and ______
Cats and snakes
The Iroquois symbol that represents unity shows a bundle of _________ held by an eagle
arrows